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AVENAND, _adj._ Elegant in person and manners.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _advenant_, _avenant_, handsome; also, courteous.

AVENTURE, _In aventure_, _adv._ Lest, perchance.

V. ~Aunter~.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Fr. _a l'aventure_, id.

AVER, AVIR, AIVER, _s._

1. A horse used for labour, a cart-horse, S.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

2. An old horse, one that is worn out with labour, S.

_Dunbar._

3. A gelded goat, S.

V. ~Hebrun~.

_Statist. Acc._

L. B. _afferi_, _affri_, jumenta vel cavalli colonici; _averia_, _averii_, equi, boves, jumenta; Du Cange.

V. ~Arage~.

AVERIL, _s._ Apparently a diminutive from _aver_, a beast for labour.

_Dunbar._

AVERILE, AVYRYLE, _s._ April.

_Wyntown._

AVERIN, AVEREN, AIVERIN, _s._ Cloudberry or knoutberry, S. Rubus chamaemorus, Linn.; eaten as a dessert in the north of S.

_Ross._